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  • 2020-01-04T20:00:00Z on Channel 5
  • 44m
  • 2h 56m (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Taking a 'bottom-up' view of history by exploring everyday lives of the nations ordinary people.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

2020-01-04T20:00:00Z

1x01 The Tudors

Series Premiere

1x01 The Tudors

  • 2020-01-04T20:00:00Z44m

1485 to 1603

We find out how clothes were made and food prepared, a look at life during the reign of Tudor king Henry VIII.

2020-01-11T20:00:00Z

1x02 Victorians

1x02 Victorians

  • 2020-01-11T20:00:00Z44m

1837 to 1901

We meet a 13 year old girl that worked in a factory making matches and follow the journey of a woman that worked down the mines.

2020-01-18T20:00:00Z

1x03 The Georgians

1x03 The Georgians

  • 2020-01-18T20:00:00Z44m

1714 to 1837

We follow the tail of a sailor attempting to leave behind his scurvy existence for a Tahitian girl and a gin entrepreneur who fell foul of the law.

2020-01-25T20:00:00Z

1x04 Second World War

1x04 Second World War

  • 2020-01-25T20:00:00Z44m

1939 to 1945

We explore Bethnal Green's ordeal during the blitz and find out why Maisie's father was punished for his resistance in Guernsey.

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